The Paper Trail: October 21, 2025
Treasury’s War on Terror Against the Left; DHS’s $51M Self-Deportation Ad Campaign; Beware Crypto ATMs; And More.
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Treasury’s War on Terror Against the Left; DHS’s $51M Self-Deportation Ad Campaign; Beware Crypto ATMs; And More.
Federal Judges Blame SCOTUS for “Judicial Crisis”; Government Shutdown Ravages HHS; Did Qatari Money Drive Gaza Ceasefire?; And More.
Inside Trump’s War on Dissent; DOD Overhauls Whistleblower Reporting; Private Equity Oversees Drug Testing; And More.
Pete Hegseth’s Pep Rally; Trump on Comey Indictment: “There’ll Be Others”; Who Really Runs DHS?; And More.
Trump Intensifies Pressure to Prosecute Foes; SEC, DOJ Drop Cases Against Trump Allies; Whistleblower Assails Organ Transplant System; And More.
Military Approach to Drug Busts Raises Legal Questions; The Limits of a Congressional Stock Trading Ban; IRS Rolls Back Tax Shelter Crackdown; And More.
Trump’s Deep Cuts to Health Agencies; Bondi Aides Accused of Antitrust Corruption; Hegseth’s Security is Straining the Army; And More.
Education Dept. Flips Civil Rights Mission; DOGE-flation: Musk Crew Exaggerates Claimed Savings; Tuberculosis in ICE Detention Centers; And More.
Federal Takeover of D.C.; CEOs Exchange Gifts and Flattery for Trump Favors; DHS Delaying Millions in NC Hurricane Recovery; And More.
150K Federal Employees Have Left Government; Trump’s War on the Ivies Hits Community Colleges; Tons of U.S. Aid Supplies Remain Stranded; And More.
ICE Gets Access to Medicaid, Tax & Gang Data; Consumer Financial Watchdog Rendered Toothless; Neuralink’s Dubious “Small Disadvantaged Business” Claim; And More.
A Culture of Fear at DOJ;
DOD to Begin Using Grok—a.k.a. “MechaHitler”;
Surprise Medical Bills Still Coming;
And More.
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